Kathmandu / Oct 24: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has complained of non-implementation of its recommendations to the government. NHRC had recommended the government to prioritise construction of buildings for essential services as health and to make the buildings disabled-friendly. The government was also urged to reconstruct the quake-damaged historic, religious and cultural infrastructures […]
Mahottari / Oct 16: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, has described yoga as vital for living a healthy life. Inaugurating the seven-day yoga camp organised by Bardibas Municipality here today, the minister said, “Yoga connects the human body with soul.” He added that healthy living was possible if advice of Gautam […]
Chautara / Oct 15: Works on 7.3 kilometers in length have been left to be carried out to complete the construction of a tunnel under the much-awaited Melamchi Water Supply Project. According to Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee’s information officer senior engineer Rajendra Prasad Panta, construction works have been expedited and project is likely to […]
Kathmandu / Oct 11: Chief of the Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa has said that Nepali Army has been monitoring the separatist and anti-constitution elements in the country. The NA is executing its duties with national unity, territorial integrity and promotion of national interests in the center. Speaking at his first press meet since taking […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: An autobiography of former Inspector General Achyut Krishna Kharel has been released amid a special ceremony organized at Nepal Police Club at the Exhibition Road in Kathmandu on Saturday. Nepal’s first President Ram Baran Yadav unveiled Kharel’s autobiography by handing the book to Binda Adhikari, the wife of a late police […]
Kathmandu / Oct 5: The government of Japan has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs 308 millions for the School Sector Development Programme of Nepal for the fiscal year 2018. The Exchange of Notes, Grant Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding to this effect were signed and exchanged between the governments of Nepal and […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has been making preparations to hold the first ever NRNA World Experts Conference in Kathmandu on October 12-14. NRNA Coordinator Hem Raj Sharma said the decision to hold the conference was made, realising the need to utilise knowledge, skills and experience gained by Nepali diaspora for […]
Kathmandu / October 2 : The voice of senior citizens remains unheard and they are found invisible in the media outlets during disaster, a recently concluded research reveals. “The contents analysis after the earthquake in 2015 for the period of three months shows that hardly thirty-six news-stories in relation to senior citizens were recorded from […]
Australia / Oct 1: A surgeon of Nepali origin, Kumud Dhital, has been nominated for the Pride of Australia medal, for his lifesaving work on heart transplants, The Sunday Telegraph online reported. Dhital, a cardiothoracic specialist and transplant surgeon, was the first to make a dead heart beat again, transport it to hospital and successfully […]
Dhanusha / Oc 1: Chief Minister of Province 2 Lal Babu Raut said the provincial government is committed to create a conducive environment to attract investment. In a ceremony organised by the Dhanusha Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday, he said, “The government is ready to provide investment security to promote business and trade […]
